Filling-machine.



C. P. GOLBERT.

FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILED JAN. 3, 1911 1,672,428.

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C. P. COLBERT.

FILLING MACHINE.

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C. F. COLBERT.

FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 19 .1.

Patented Sept, 9, 1913.

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O. P. OOLBERT.

FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION F LED JAN.3,1911. 1,972 428, Patented bspt. 9, 1918.

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G. F. UOLBEE'L- FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.3,1911.

Patented Saw 9, 1913.

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G. F. GOLBER'I.

FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1911.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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O. F. GOLBEBT. FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED-JAN. 3, 1911 1,072,428. Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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C P. GOLBERT.

FILLING MACHINE.

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G. P. OOLBERT. FILLING MACHINE.

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APPLICATION FILED Mum, 1911.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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CLARENCE F" @QOLEEBT, GE HOGPESTON, ILLINOIS.

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To all whom it may concern Be itknovvn that l, CLARENCE F. Conennn a resident of lloopeston, in the county of Vermilion and State of lllinoi have invented certain new and useful I -m'eiiients in Filling-Machines, of which .e following is a iull clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to filling machines, and more particularly to l .t 'ype, which is adapted for filling cans with fruit or vegetables.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved machine which is capable of handling large quantities of material, as desired in canneries Where quantities of fruit or .egetahles are to be paciced in a short pc .od of time and .s as the fruit or vegetaoles are prepared for packing.

The invention alsodesig .:-to provide an improved machine v7 7 l is adapted to hand-le frui or vegetables and whi h may be continuously operat d ane in ivhic i the bulk material. is automa measurei and de li hoppers from which the material is lore xto t e cans or package her dc rovide machine. in which there is series of hopp nisms, each at .pt. hop; ers in and o I can. that the 3*. rapid succession, ne hopper has been v he brought into position to rec-cl .liarge of material, the discharging operation 0111 one hopper occurring. while another isbeing illed, to make it possible to till cans at a rapidrate.

The invention further designs to provide an improved filling machine, Which is provided With a rotating table upon which the cans are delivered and upon which the cans will be successively filled and then discharged therefrom as the table rotates, so

that the filling operations Will be facilitated and the different steps of the filling operations Will he performed the cans are moved around on the table.

The invention further designs to provide improved mechanism for delivering measured charges of material to the hoppers from which the material is discharged into the cans or receptacles. andto improve the con- Specification of Letters Patent,

Application filed. January 3, 1911.

struction and operation of filling machines adapted for fruitor vegetables and like material.

The invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter set forth and more par- Patented Sept. h, 1913.

Serial No. 608,652.

ticularly defined by claim at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings: Figure l a s tion of a machine embodying he Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal se tion, the mechanism for measuring and delivering the material to the hoppers being shown in elevation. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. e is a plan. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line 5-5 of Fig. l. 5 is a horizontal section on line 66 of 2. is a central veris e eleva- 11 is h ccnanism for delive- Fig. ii is Fig. 11. sing table, pers being shown in section. detail view of the or for loweri I tl e can feeding" plungers. g. 15 is a vertical section through one of the hoppers, the collapsible plunger being shown in partiallv lovvered position. Fig. 16 is a similar vienu the plunger being shown completely lowered. Fig. 17 is a section of the plunger on line 1717 of Fig. 1!. Fig. 18 is a section of the plunger taken on line 18-48 of Fig. 16.

The several mechanisms of the machine are mounted upon a suitable frame A, which has a chamber therein for incl'osing some of the operating-mechanism and has a to a which forms a bed or table. At one side of the machine andf'mounted upon the bed a is a frame. on which is mounted mechanism B for delivering measured quantities of material to the hoppers as they are successively brought into position to receive a charge. Hoppers C (Fits. l) are mounted on a rotatable table D. which is mounted in the bed a of the frame A, as hereinafter more fully set forth. These hoppers are rotated with the table to successively bring them into position to receive a charge of material from the deliverv-mechanism B. During rotation of the boomers. after having reinvention.

ceived a charge of material from the delivery-mechanism,'-the charge is forced into cans beneath the hoppers by plungers and the cans are discharged from the table, and.

during each rotation of a hopper, it will receive a charge and the filling-operation will be completed, as hereinafter more fully setforth The delivery-mechanism B (Figs. 1, 2, l, 9, 11 and-12) comprises an outer ring 15 and an" inner had 16 which are secured together. by cross-rods l7 -,-each of which is rigidly secured upon the bed a, as at 17. A

stationary drum 18, having its inner end closed'by a head $19, is secured by arms or spokes 20 to theouter stationary-ring '15. Druin18 serces to receive material in bulk for filling the measuring-receptacles. The outer end of this drum hasits upper portion provided w ith an opening 21 through which the material will be delivered into the drum.

An inclined wall 22 is secured in the drum to d rect the material, such as tomatoes, toward/the inner end and bottom of the drum.

The latter is cut away, as at 23, iprovide f the drum. This rotating body is provided with rollers 27 which are adapted to v---at;ra' vel on inwardly extending flanges of supporting ring 15 and head 16. In each-receptacle 24, is fitted a plunger 28 which is;

adapted to' slide longitudinally therein, to compress the material in the receptacle and to discharge it therefrom. J The inner ends of receptacle 24 are closedby a face-plate 30, which is secured to head 16 and the upper portion of this pla e is provided with a dischargeopening 31, through which the material in the receptac ls will be ,successively discharged into a stationary spout 32, which delivers the material into thcihoppcrs C as the-receptacles are rotated. When a re ceptacle 24: is in its lowered position, its plunger-28 will be positioned neap the outer end of the receptacle (Fig, 11.) s'o tha-tthe material from the-drum I8 will pass through opening. 23 intothat r 'ceptacle'and' fill it. As the receptacles rotate from their lower position to the upper, the pl tigers are operated to compress the material thereinand so that when they reach their highest position- (Fig. 12) they will discharge the'material from t hea eceptacles into .a spout 32, and as the receptacles rotate downwardly, they are shifted'oiltwardly so that when they reach their lower position they will again bepositioned to permit a" full charge of material to pass into receptacle 24. A wall of drum .18 around discharge opening 23 1s cut away to provide an inclined edge or knife 33, which cuts off anymaterial projecting from the receptacle into the drum, after the material has been compressed, so that a uniforin and measured quantity will be delivere'd by each receptacle 2st into the spout 32. 'lhebapacity of each receptacle 24, with its pl'fit iger 28 in its outer position, is greater tlian'necessary for a charge of material and the ,plungers are, successively operated inwardly by a cam 34 to compress the material in the receptacles 24, before the latter have passed above the upper end of discharge ,0 acnino'. 23 in drum 18, so that in each inl C! stance a fulhzcharge is insured by compres- {sion of the material, the excess being forced back into the drum, and knife 33 serving to;

sever the material in' the receptacles from gthat in therdrum, as the receptacle rotates. A stationary cam 35 (Fig. l) has an inclined edge which is engaged by the pins 30 on the plungers 28, after the excess material has been severed and the'rcceptacles have ipasscd above discharge opening 23, to shift the plungers iinvardly sufficiently to eject all of the material in the receptacles into spout .32, for delivery into the hoppers C.

A cam 39 (Fig. 2) is secured to rods 17 and has aninclined edge which is adapted to be engaged by the studs 36 on plunger's .28 to shift 'tlhe plungers outwardly after the material has been ejected from receptacles.

24. Cum is adj ustably mounted on screwthreaded rods 11 and by adjusting this cam inwardly or outwardly, the amount of material remaining; in the receptacles .24E may be'varied. If it is desired to fill one pound cans wi h material, the cam 3e will be adjusted inwardly so that .a corresponding quantity ,ot material will, remain in each receptacle 24: as it leaves the opening 23 of the drum, and if it is desired to fill two pound cans. the cam will be adjusted out-- wardly so that a corresponding quantity of material will remain in each receptacle after connnuuicatiou between each chamber 24 and the chamber in'druni 18 has been cut off.

For. convenience in conjointly adjusting screw-rods/dl and adjustable cam 34, a sprocket-wheel 42 is secured to the outer ends of each of said rods and these Wheels are connected by a chain 43 by applying a crank to a squared end 4A of the upper end of rod 41 (Fig. 9), the cam may be readily adjusted to. vary the compression-stroke of the plungers, and the quantity delivered by each into the'spout 32.

' Receptacles 24 are continuously driven by a gear-ring 45, the teeth of whichmesh With a gear-wheel 4:6 (Figs. 11 and 12) on'a shaft 47 which is journaled beneath the bed a (Fig. 11). Said shaft is driven from the main drive-shaft G (Fig. 5) by a gear-Wheel hand-wheel 7 5 at its upper end, whereby it may be turned to raise or lower the hopper supporting-ring 72. The latter is secured to rotate with shell 4Z and the table D, by keys 76 which fit into vertical grooves or ways 77 (Figs. 2, 7 and 8) in ring 7 2, this mechanism serving to connect the supporting-ring to the table so it will rotate therewith and permit the ring to be raised or lowered by the operation of hand-wheel 74 to properly posi tion the supporting-ring for cans of different sizes relatively to the rotatable table D onto which the cans are fed. The cans fed onto the table D, by the can-feeding mechanism, are firmly held in position, with the mouth of the cans beneath openings 80 in the bottom of each titling hopper, by slidable plungers 81 (Figs. 2 and T), onebeing provided heneath each hopper. To the lower end of each plunger 81 is connected a roller 82 and these rollers are adapted to travel on a stationary track or ring in the bod} A. this track being provided with cam sin-tacos 8t, and 85 for respectively raising and lowering the plungers to raise the can against the hopper supporting ring T2, which is provided with depending ribs 86 around the dis charge-openings 80 to enter the mouths of the cans. A cam 85 above cam 83 of track 83 forces rollers 82 dfm'iiwardly in event gravity is insutticicnt to do so. Asthe cans are successively ted onto the table D, the plungcrs S1 beneath thennwill be raised by cam Set to hold the cans in position to receive -a charge from the filling hoppers. After the cans have been filled, they-will have passed around with the table, rollers 82 of plungers 81 will ride down cam 85 to successively release the cans.

in packaging vegetables or fruit, for example; tomatoes, it is desirable to force the ma terial through the hopper and through the mouth of the can, since otherwise the material would not readily pass through the mouth of the can. The machine comprises mechanism for forcing the material through the hoppers, consisting of a series of contractilole pluugers H, one for each hopper. These plunger-s are mounted to rotate with "the table I) onwhich the cans are rotated, so

pers ot the series (four being shown) and the contractible plungcrsf'tm' forcing the charge from the hoppers, are of like .construction, a description of one will. sutlice for all. 1

Each hopper C comprises inwardly sloping side-walls 0, a back-wall a, and a movable wall c which is pivoted atits lower end, by screws 0 to the lower portion of the side-walls of the hoppers (Figs. 7 and 8). The pivoted hopper-wall c swings out wardly, so an enlarged opening will be provided at. its upper end to receive a charge of material from the delivery-mechanism, while the hoppers are being rotated. Each piv oted hopper Wall 0 is provided With aroller c which is adapted to travel on a stationary track 'or guide ST which is provided with a cam-terminal 8S 13) in the path of travel of the rollers c to swing the guides into position to close the hoppers after they have received a charge of-ir 'erial, and the straight portion of guide 87 holds the roller in position to cause the pivoted hopper wall to remain closed until the material has been discharged from the hopper. Track S'theing stationary, the hoppers in rotating cause the pivoted walls t icreot to be operated. lv'hcn the pivoted hopper-wall c has been swung inwardly, it will be in parallel relation to the o posite or back wall of the hopper and the side-walls ot the hopper are flared or inclined upwardly so that the matcrial or g forced thcrcthrough, will be (UlllPltfr'fitki in transit to the can and so that it will he forced through the reduced lower hopper-end and d charge-opening 80, through the mouth of the can.

The hopper-Siipporting-ring T2 is held :ifz'ainst upward movement by a ring 120, which is secured to standards 121, which are secured to the frame A and screws 122 in ring 72 tit and ride in a channel formed in ring: 120. In order to permit the ring 120 to be adjusted with the hoppers and hoppersupporting ring, it is connected by bolt-and slot connections to standards 121. Three of the lattcr serve to support the track 87 which controls the operation of the pivoted walls of the hopper and this track, and in order to permit it to be adjusted ver1 tically with the hoppers, is connected to said standards by bolt-and-slot connections 124. By loosening the bolts or connections 123 and 124:, said ring will be adjusted vertically with the hoprior-supporting ring and the track 87 may be set to properly operate the pivoted hopper walls. A stop 130 is adjust-ably connected to the hopper-supporting.

ring adjacent the lower end ot each pivoted hopper-wall 0 being connected thereto by a ho]t 131 and slot 132 and a pair of screws 133 serve to shift the stop to limit its outward movement (Figs. 7 and provided for each hopper, which is adapted to fit in the flared hopper and to be conti-acted thereby, so that the entire charge of material in the hopper will be forced into the can. These pl ringers are mounted to rotate with the table and the hoppers, being carried and operated by a pair on rods h which are guided vertically in the rotating table D. Each plnnger comprises a pair oi?- niemhers it, if each of which is pivoted at its upper end, as at if, to a cross-hea=d 72; secured to the upper ends of each pair of plunger-rods 72.. The pltmgei -membersare movable laterally relatively to one another and are normally pressed apart or yieldingly held in separated relation, by a spring ]L5.- which: is connected to the upper ends of arms it extending, upwardly from members EL and 72?. The lower ends of members It and; k form the outer sections of a collapsible plunger-head. To each of these head-sections is pivoted a linlnsection 7L inner ends of hese linlr sections are connected to each other, as at 721 Q together with the lower ends ofi and 71 form a collapsible head: is operated through the hopper, f to fitbetweenthe inclined Walls to form a: closure which. conterial beneath the plunger and cugh the hopper into the can. 'ental head it? is yieldingly susthe cross-head by a spring and this supplemental head is r-head as they are being nt the solid material from ii the link-sections. Spring this supplemental head to pass lower ends of members 5/, 1 2/ sections are folded together space I rdpecuiiar nap 4, 3e not since hilt/ the subi apg Hectic-n heretofore filed I e plunwhen a ers ceivin a charge matethe denyery mechanism, to facili- *ei of the charge into the hopper, Wh hopper has filled, the continuo is rotating t ble D will more the hoppers a fromthe deliver; spout of the delircry-niecnan m nd the pivcted-Wail will be swung inwardly by engagement of rollers with the guide 87. The rods it for each hopper extend through the rotatingtai e and hate connected to their lower ends a weight which toiower the plungers the hoppers and to operate them to force the material from hoppers into the can beneath Each Weight is provid (i with a roller 93 (Figs. 2 and 10) which is adapted to ride on a track 94 in the frame. tocontrol t is lowering. operation of the plungerend to it,vas it is retated. "u is elevated, as at 96 (H so that as the hoppers are rotated intc position to snccessivelyreceive charges, coiss between the linl r-sections 72; ,7

' curna-lcd on lapsible plunger-s H will be raised to facilitate reception of the charge by the hopper, and this tract is inclined, as at so that after each hopper has received a'ohnrge and. its pivoted Wall c has been swung inwardly, the'plunger-Weight 92. will operate the plunger through t-hehopper to" force the material from the hopper into the can. The track is also provided With a straight lower portion 98 and With an upwardly sloping portion 99, on which the Weight-studs 93 ride to operate the Weights and pl'ungers upwardly after the cans have been filled, and to retain the plunger in elevated position before each hopper is broiwlit into position to receive another charge. hetween the tops ofthe-hfoppers is formed a Wall 100 which is adapted te close the lower end of the delivery-spout 32 to hold the material in the spout until the hoppers are successively brought into position to receive the material from the spout. when the hoppers are raised or l'oWered, a spout 3E2 ofsutficient lengjdi to extend to Wall 100 will he substituted. After each can has been filled} it is removed from the table D onto a discharge tahle 1'011 This removal is accomplished by" discharge-lever 1102 (Fig. 3-), one ofpvhioli provided beneath each hopper. Each discharge-lever is pivoted for convenience, on one of the pliinger rodsii, being held in position relhtively to the table by a bracket 103; comprises an arm 10 i disposedto sweep. the cans from table D onto table i 105 adapted uunent' 106' on 3 L.

3 fl onto the tab e; 'orided f each of the dischar 'e'l'e L vl 1 .c *7 l were to l ooslt on and to th m ii i cpern -1 on the upper 108 which suitably '1. racism-gear" secured to o. ;dri=7en a. worm 110 on the g sotl'iat the discherge ta e'continuously driven to remove the filled cans;

The bed or table is preferably pro? 1- 8.11 annular trough 111' disposed" around the rotating'te 1e andto catch any overflow. it duct carries of? the ma t-erinl' from. the t'rou-g v tor which may be placed in the frame A, if desiredl p The operction or" the filling machine will be as follows: Tomatoes in bulk will be con ducted into the drum 1 8, c'ans will be dellV ered into the camgnide F, and continuous movement Will he impcarted to; the mainshatt by a, pulley g which will be driven from a suit ahle urce ofipower, a lever and clutch 91? any suitable construction bei tbr cont the op tion or' the machine. The inain drive-slieft i: to suitable 0011 123 cans W lowered position and as they rotate upwardly, their --plun ;ers 28 Will compress thecharges, knife 33 will sever the excess material from that in rotating receptacles 24c. When the latter arrive at their uppermost position, their plung'ers 28 will eject the measured charges through spout 32 into one of the hoppers. The delivery mechanism is timed to deliver a charge into each hopper,

as it is brought into position to receive a char 'e beneath spout 32. Before the hoppers reach their receiving; position, the canleeding plunger f will successively feed cans onto the table beneath the hoppers and the cans will be properly positioned and held beneath the hopper by their plun ger 81 respectively. Feed-plunger f will be operated by (Fig. 5) Worm-Wheel 57, gear-wheel 58,: shaft 59, crank 61, link 62, arm 63, shaft 64:, arm 65 and link 66. 'In rotating, the hoppers will successively pass beneath and away'from the delivery-spout 32, and their pivoted Walls 0 will he swung inwardly by engagement of rollers 0 {1rd track 87. The collapsible weightoperated plungers H Will be operated through the hoppers to force the charges therein through the discharge-openings 80 into the cans, the lowering opera.- tions being controlled by'incline 97 of track 9i. After the cans have been filled, the collapsible plungers will be raised out of the cans by the cam-portion 99 of track 94 on which the weight-rollers 93 rides, so that the cans may be removed from the rotating table D. During" the lifting operation of the plunger, the can lifting plungers 81 will be successively lowered to release the can. After the cans have been released, the dis- Clltll'QC-lUYCl'S 102 rotating with the table D and the cans, will be Srkltili by abutment 1106 and arms lt l ol the discharge-levers will siu-t-c.--:-:ivrlv sweep the can from the rot: tin; table l onto the discharge-table I01. This cycle at operations proceeds contimiouslv, so tha" all of the hoppers andassociatcd mechanisms are operating to continuously fill cans. This resulting in speedy operation and adapts the machine for rapid} work.

"E lie invention thus provides an improved filling: ma e, which is adapted for filling toes or vegetables, and which acity. on is not to be understood as has a great restricted to the details shown and described, since these may be modified Within the scope of the appended claims, Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In afilling rnachine, the combination of a plurality of movably mounted receptacles, means for delivering material in bulk to the receptacles, mechanism for operating the receptacles, plun'gers mounted to slide in the receptacles in a plane transverse to the plane of themovement of the receptacles, means for operating the plungers to compress the material in the receptacles, means for cutting" the excess material from that in the receptacles, so the excess will remain in the delivery-means, and means for operating the planners to discharge the material from the receptacles.

2. In a filling-machineythe combination of a plurality of rotatably mounted recepta- ;cles, means for delivering material to the receptacles, mechanism for rotating the receptacles, plune'ers mounted in the receptacles and to slide therein in a plane transverse to the plane of rotation of the recepta-- oles, means for operating the plungers to compress the material in the receptacles, means for severing the excess material from that in the receptacles when the material is' compressed, and means for operating the plungers to discharge the material trom'the receptacles.

3. In a filling-machine, the combination of a plurality of rotatable receptacles, means for delivering material to the receptacles,

mechanism for rotating the receptacles, plungers slidable in the receptacles, means for severing the excess material from that in the receptacles, and mechanism for operating the plungers to compress the material before the severing means becomes operative upon a charge in the receptacle, and to force the material from the receptacles.

4. In a filling machine, the combination of a drum for containing a supply of inatcrial, a plurality of receptacles mounted to rotate around the drum, mechanism l ra; r tating the receptacles, the drum h. opening therein for the passage of n I to the receptacles, means for conn u' ssingg the material in the receptacles, means for varying the quantity of material in said rcceptacles, and a knife for severing the ma terial in the receptacles from that in the drum.

5. In a filling machine, the combination of a drum tor containing a supply of u'iaterial, a plurality of receptacles mounted to rotate around the drum, mechanism for rotating the receptacles, the drum havin" an opening ther in ferthe passage of material. the

unease receptacles, means for varying the quantity of material received by said receptacles from the drum, a knife for severing the material in the receptacles from that in the drum, and plungers for ejecting the material from the receptacles.

6. In a filling machine, the combination of a drum for a supply ofmaterial, a plurality of receptacles mounted to rotate around the drum, mechanism for rotating the receptacles, the drum having an opening therein for the passage of material to the receptacles, and a knife for severing the material in the receptacles from that in the drum.

7. In a filling machine, the combination of a drum for containing a supply of material, a plurality of receptacles mountedto rotate around the drum, mechanism for rotating the receptacles, the drum having an opening therein for the passage of material to the receptacles, means for compressing the material in the receptacles, and a knife-for severing the material in the receptacles from that in the drum.

8. In a filling machine, the combination of a drum for containing a supply of material, a plurality of receptacles mounted to rotate around the drum, mechanism for rotating the receptacles, the drum having an opening therein for the passage oil material to the receptacles, a lrri'te for ng the material 1 in the receptacles Irom that in the drum, and

i the material irom the rena mach.

or rota g s, the drum having an opening he passage of material to the reptacles, f for severing the material eceptacles from that in the drum, and

or ejecting the material from the o i. filling machine, the com ination or rum for containing supply of material, a plurality of receptacles mounted to rotate around the drum, the drum having opening for the passage of material into L.ie receptacles, plungers in the receptacles, mechanism for rotating the receptacles, and means for operating the plungers in the receptacles.

11. In a filling machine, the combinalion of a drum for containing a supply of material, a plurality of receptzwles mounted to rotate around the drum, the drum having an opening for the passage of material into the receptacles, plungers in the receptacles, mechanism for rotating the receptacles and plungers, means for operating the plungers in the receptacles, and means for severing the material in the receptacles from that in 1 1 tea cram,

12. In a filling machine, the combination of a drum for containing a supply of material, a plurality of receptacles mounted to rotate around the drum, the drum having an opening for the passage of material into the receptacles, plungers in the rece tacles, mechanism for rotating the receptaaes and plunger-s, and cams for operating the plumgers in the receptacles.

13. In a filling machine, the combination of a drum for containing a supply of material, a plurality of receptacles mounted to rotate around the drum, the drum having an opening for the passage of material into the receptacles, plungers in the receptacles, mechanism for rotating the receptacles and plungers, cams for operating the plungers in the receptacles, and means for severing the material in the receptacles from that in the drum.

14. In a filling machine, the combination of a drum for containing a supply of mate rial, a plurality of receptacles mounted to rotate around the drum, the drum having an opening for the passage of material into in the receptacles from that in the drum.

1 3, in a filling machine, the combination of a plurality of hoppers mounted to rotate horizontally, each provided a movable wall, means for delivering material to the hoppers, mechanism for rotating-the hoppers, means for operating the movable walls. c

01 ;he rotating hoppers, and mechanism for forcing material from the hoppers into the receptacles to be filled.

1'7, In a filling machine, the combination of plurality of hoppers'mounted to rotate horizontally, each provided with a movable wall, mechanism for continuously rotating the hoppers, means for operating the movable walls oi the rotating hoppers, and mechanism for forcing material from the hoppers.

18. In a filling machine, the combination of a plurality of hoppers mounted to rotate horizontally, each provided with a pivoted Wall, means for delivering material to the hoppers, mechanism for continuously rotating the hoppers, means for operating the pivoted Walls of the rotating hoppers, and mechanism for forcing material from the hoppers.

, the hoppers.

of a plurality of rotatable hoppers, each track for operating the movable-walls of the frot-ating hoppers, and mechanism for torcceptacles.

19. In a filling machine, the coi'nbination of a plurality of hoppers mounted to rotate horizontally, each p ovided with movable wall, means for delivering material to the hoppers, mechanism for rotating the hoppers, means tor operating the movable walls of the rotating hoppers, and meclumism retating with the hoppers i'or 'l'oreiug material from the hoppers.

20, In a filling machine, the (combination of a plurality ot uppers mounted to rotate horizoi'itally, each provided with a movable wall, means tor delivering mater al to the hoppers, int l'ianisiu for continuous rotating the hoppers, means lor operating the movable walls of the rotating hoppers, and mechanism mounted to rotate with the hoppers for forcing material trom the hoppers into the receptacles to be tilled.

21. In a filling machine, the combination of a plurality of hoppers mounted to rotate horizontally, each provided with a pivoted Wall, mechanism for rotating the hoppers, means for operating the pivoted walls of the rotating hoppers, and mechanism rotating with the hoppers, for forcing material from 22. In a filling machine, the combination of a plurality oi hoppers mounted to rotate horizontally, each provided with a pivoted wall, means for delivering material to the hoppers, mechanism for continuously rotating the hoppers, means for operating the pivoted *a'lls ot the rotating hoppers, and mechanism rotating with the hoppers, for forcing material from the hoppers.

23; ln a filling machine, the combination provided with a movable wall, means for delivering material to the hoppers, mechanlsm for rotating the hop 'iers, a stationary ing material from the hoppers into, the

.24.. In a filling machine, the combination of a. plurality of rotatable hoppers each provided with a movable wall, mechanism for continuously rotating the hoppers, a stationary track for operating the movable Walls of the rotating hoppers, and mechanism -for forcing material from the hoppers into the receptacles. 4

25. In a filling machine, the combination of a plurality of rotatable hoppers, each provided with a pivoted wall, mechanism for rotating the hoppers, a stationary track for operating the pivoted walls of the rotating hoppers, and mechanism for forcing material from-the hoppers into the recep tacles. I

26. In a filling machine, the combination of a plurality of rotatable hoppers, each provided with a movable wall, means for delivering material to the hoppers, mechanism. for rotating the hoppers, a stationary track for operating the movable walls ot the rotating hoppers, and mechanism rotating with the hoppers,for forcing material from the hoppers.

27. In a filling machine, the combination of a plurality of hoppers mounted to rotate horizontally, a plurality of vertically mov able measuring devices for delivering mate rial to said hopper", mechanism for operating the measuring devices vertically to suecessively deliver charges into the hoppers, and reciprocable plungers rotating with the hoppers, tor forcing the material from the hoppers into the receptacles to be tilled.

28, In a filling machine, the combination of a plurality ot hoppers mounted to rotate horizontally, a plurality of vertically rotatable measuring devices for delivering material to the hoppers, mechanism for vertically rotating said receptacles to successively deliver the charges into the hoppers, and plungers rotating with the hoppers for forc- 'ing the material. from the hoppers into the receptacles to he tilled.

29. in a filling machine, the combination of a plurality of hoppers mounted to rotate horizontally, a plurality of vertically rotatable measuring devices for delivering ma terial to the hoppers, mechanism for vertically rotating said receptacles to successively deliver charg s into the hoppers, plungcrs on said receptacles for discharging the material therefrom, and plungers rotating with the hoppers for forcing the material from the hoppers into the receptacles to be filled.

CLARENCE F. COLB ER-T.

il itnesses ilOMiCR C. STEWART, PERRY i). llau'r. 

